Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – August 13, 2023
The gospel lesson this week is from Matthew 14:22-33, the story of Jesus walking across stormy waters and calming the waves. Our music reflects this passage, especially the theme of Jesus calming the storm. This week’s music: “O Changeless Christ” (VU #350) “O changeless Christ, for ever new, who walked our earthly ways; Still […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 6, 2023
This week’s music: “Creator, Companion, Comforter” “God of Creation Gentle life-giver Present at birth, and all through our days Author of sunrise Song in the night sky Here in this place, we offer our praise Jesus, Companion teacher and healer friend of the grieving, suffering, the poor Stand with your people whisper among us promise […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 25, 2023
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost This week’s music: “When We Come Together” “When we come together gladly Our community grows strong. When we meet to tell our story, When we join to sing our song, We are celebrating friendship, We are building bonds of peace; Pass a vision to each other; Let God’s spirit never cease. […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 18, 2023
Third Sunday after Pentecost/Father’s Day This week’s music: “Sing Your Praise to God Eternal” (VU #244) “Sing your praise to God eternal, sing your praise to God the Son, Sing your praise to God the Spirit, living and forever One. God has made us, God has blessed us, God has called us to be true. God […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 11, 2023
Second Sunday after Pentecost This week’s music: “How Great Thou Art” (VU #238) “O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, Consider all the works Thy hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee, How great […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 4, 2023
Trinity Sunday This week’s music: “We Are One” (VU #402) “We are one as we come, as we come, joyful to be here, In the praise on our lips there’s a sense that God is near. We are one as we sing, as we seek, we are found; And we come needful of God’s grace […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 28, 2023
Pentecost Sunday This week’s music: “Oh, a Song Must Rise” (MV #142) “Oh, a song must rise for the spirit to descend Oh, a song must rise once again Singing out God’s praises and glory, The faithful voices blend, Oh, a song must rise for the spirit to descend. From […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 21, 2023
Seventh Sunday of Easter Ascension Sunday This week’s music: “Come and Find the Quiet Centre” (VU #374) “Come and find the quiet centre in the crowded life we lead, Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed: Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes, that we can […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 14, 2023
Sixth Sunday of Easter Mother’s Day This week’s music: “Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth” (VU #320) “Mothering God, you gave me birth In the bright morning of this world. Creator, source of every breath, You are my rain, my wind, my sun. Mothering Christ, you took my form, Offering me your food of light, Grain […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 7, 2023
Celebrating 60 Years of U.C.W.! This week’s music: “There’s a Voice in the Wilderness Crying” (VU #18) “There’s a voice in the wilderness crying, a call from the ways untrod: Prepare in the desert a highway, a highway for our God! The valleys shall be exalted, the lofty hills brought low; Make […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 30, 2023
Fourth Sunday of Easter This week’s music: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You” (VU #232) “Joyful, joyful we adore you God of glory, life and love; Hearts unfold like flowers before you, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the gloom of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, fill us […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 23, 2023
Earth Day Sunday Third Sunday of Easter This week’s music: “It’s a Song of Praise to the Maker” (MV #30) “It’s a song of praise to the Maker, the thrush sings high in the tree. It’s a song of praise to the Maker, the gray whale sings in the sea, And by the Spirit you […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 16, 2023
Second Sunday of Easter/Baptism This week’s music: “Praise to God, Your Praises Show” (VU #875 v 1-3) “Praise to God, your praises show, Hallelujah! Saints within God’s courts below, Hallelujah! Angels round the throne above, Hallelujah! All that see and share God’s love. Hallelujah! Earth to heaven and heaven to earth, Hallelujah! Tell the wonders, […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 9, 2023
Easter Sunday This week’s music: “Halle, Halle, Halle” (VU #958) “Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!” We respond to our opening prayer with a traditional Caribbean response, arranged by the Iona Community (1990). See the song used in worship (with additional verses) at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7J1EQ3eci4 “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” (VU #155) “Jesus […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 7, 2023
Good Friday Service music: The Good Friday music will be sung as a response to the scripture readings and reflections on the burdens represented. You are invited to use the words of the songs in a time of prayer, reading them aloud and reflecting on them. “I Come to the Cross” “I come to the […]
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